Atheists and the supernatural. - Think Atheist2016-12-09T18:07:13Zhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topics/atheists-and-the-supernatural?commentId=1982180%3AComment%3A216404&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNo worries, hun.
I was just s…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-02-03:1982180:Comment:2164042010-02-03T01:31:00.668ZMisty: Baytheist Living!http://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MMartin
No worries, hun.<br />
I was just saying those were some of the things my rational thinking led me to give up. I wasn't enforcing my idea of a definition:) Thanks for sharing!
No worries, hun.<br />
I was just saying those were some of the things my rational thinking led me to give up. I wasn't enforcing my idea of a definition:) Thanks for sharing! BTW... I wasn't criticizing y…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-02-02:1982180:Comment:2161672010-02-02T16:42:42.153ZSkycomet the Fallen Angelhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Skycomet
BTW... I wasn't criticizing you Misty... I was just bringing up a point that I thought of when reading your article. ;D
BTW... I wasn't criticizing you Misty... I was just bringing up a point that I thought of when reading your article. ;D Atheism in its purest form re…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-02-02:1982180:Comment:2161652010-02-02T16:40:18.614ZSkycomet the Fallen Angelhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Skycomet
Atheism in its purest form requires only one thing - a lack of belief in God. As some of the books I've read have indicated, that lack of belief can be due to many things. Although most of us on TA have that lack of belief due to "rational rejection" some atheists [esp. in non-westernized parts of the world] are atheists for entirely different reasons. Many of these people do not call themselves "atheists" but they qualify as such by default. A person can be an atheist by default if their…
Atheism in its purest form requires only one thing - a lack of belief in God. As some of the books I've read have indicated, that lack of belief can be due to many things. Although most of us on TA have that lack of belief due to "rational rejection" some atheists [esp. in non-westernized parts of the world] are atheists for entirely different reasons. Many of these people do not call themselves "atheists" but they qualify as such by default. A person can be an atheist by default if their culture has no knowledge or concept of "god." - They lack a belief in God, and thus are atheistic. However, it seems to be more complicated than most ppl think [life usually is *groan*]. The raw definition of athiest says NOTHING about other forms of supernatural activity [spirits, ghosts, witchcraft, magic, psychic phenomena, etc.] - so THEORETICALLY someone could be an atheist and believe in one of these. If you are an atheist by default and it has nothing to do with "rational rejection" that is perfectly fine and understandable... as these ppl aren't free-thinkers, they just don't know about God. However! If you are [and most of us on this site are] an atheist due to "rational rejection of God" then if you believe in the supernatural at all... are you not being hypocritical? Are you not contradicting yourself? I do not think that a free-thinker atheist can dismiss one supernatural theory on the basis of reason and reject reason in favor of another. What about you guys?<br />
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However, Misty, You did make a good point. - What is considered supernatural in history, usually becomes "natural" through time... and eventually is taken for granted. I see the 'Life Force' idea a…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-02-02:1982180:Comment:2160802010-02-02T15:07:33.782ZDave Ghttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/DaveG
I see the 'Life Force' idea as being similar to the ether, epicycles in the crystal spheres, and phlogiston. A hypothesis that has failed to find any evidence to support its claims. Whether it is a soul, the Force, the Quickening, or a nebulous 'enlivening energy force', there's no actual evidence to support its supposed xistence.
I see the 'Life Force' idea as being similar to the ether, epicycles in the crystal spheres, and phlogiston. A hypothesis that has failed to find any evidence to support its claims. Whether it is a soul, the Force, the Quickening, or a nebulous 'enlivening energy force', there's no actual evidence to support its supposed xistence. ...I'm all ears.tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-02-02:1982180:Comment:2152622010-02-02T01:21:41.402ZReggiehttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Reggie
...I'm all ears.
...I'm all ears. Depends on the battery, I sup…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-02-02:1982180:Comment:2152512010-02-02T01:11:40.778ZMisty: Baytheist Living!http://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MMartin
Depends on the battery, I suppose. Take the one that runs my vibrator, for instance.....
Depends on the battery, I suppose. Take the one that runs my vibrator, for instance..... I had this same conversation…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-02-01:1982180:Comment:2151182010-02-01T21:37:42.903ZNoelhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Noel
I had this same conversation with my wife and children just yesterday, at dinner.<br />
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My wife and kids believe In the initial spark, that started the big bang, don't believe in intellegent design, supernatural phenomena, but believe that our energy (life force, spirit(egad!),soul) leaves us and roams the ether. I wish I had an answer, that included science and physics, for them. Someone posted "energy into heat, dissipates and leaves our bodys." Works for me. Einstein said, "energy cannot be…
I had this same conversation with my wife and children just yesterday, at dinner.<br />
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My wife and kids believe In the initial spark, that started the big bang, don't believe in intellegent design, supernatural phenomena, but believe that our energy (life force, spirit(egad!),soul) leaves us and roams the ether. I wish I had an answer, that included science and physics, for them. Someone posted "energy into heat, dissipates and leaves our bodys." Works for me. Einstein said, "energy cannot be destroyed".....<br />
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Great blog!<br />
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Ordy That would give new meaning t…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-01-29:1982180:Comment:2131392010-01-29T22:10:07.527ZMichaelhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Michael456
That would give new meaning to the theme song to Fame:<br />
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I'm gonna make it to heaven. Light up the sky like a flame. Fame! I'm gonna live forever. Baby, remember my name. Remember, remember, remember, remember, ...
That would give new meaning to the theme song to Fame:<br />
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I'm gonna make it to heaven. Light up the sky like a flame. Fame! I'm gonna live forever. Baby, remember my name. Remember, remember, remember, remember, ... Poetic analogy, love conducts…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-01-23:1982180:Comment:2078912010-01-23T03:09:04.327ZMichaelhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Michael456
Poetic analogy, love conducts like heat in accordance with nature law.
Poetic analogy, love conducts like heat in accordance with nature law. Unexplained phenomena are alw…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2010-01-23:1982180:Comment:2078792010-01-23T02:58:13.399ZMichaelhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Michael456
Unexplained phenomena are always with us until it becomes phenomena scientifically explainable or simply continues to be unexplained. Case in point, Dark matter, outside of warping space-time, i.e. acting as a gravity lens it is not detectable by direct observation, as such many theories have emerged as to what it is. Also it always seems to be right sized with every galaxy in addition to every galaxies supermassive black hole in the center. Then there is inter galactic dark matter that…
Unexplained phenomena are always with us until it becomes phenomena scientifically explainable or simply continues to be unexplained. Case in point, Dark matter, outside of warping space-time, i.e. acting as a gravity lens it is not detectable by direct observation, as such many theories have emerged as to what it is. Also it always seems to be right sized with every galaxy in addition to every galaxies supermassive black hole in the center. Then there is inter galactic dark matter that supports the structure of vast galactic clusters. Notwithstanding there are evolving transient models that introduce the presence of dark matter and dark energy with no understanding from first principles and have evolved universal structures similar to what is present today. However these models still have their faults since galaxies spin as solid plates with a virtually flat angular velocity profile and to date these models fail to achieve this perfectly particularly in the case of globular clusters.